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1228. Water from the Rock Today's Passage: Exodus 17:1-7 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 4th strategy. Is this a who, what, when, where, or how passage? © RR&BC, LLC 2020
1. At the LORD'S command, the whole community of Israel left the wilderness of Sin and moved from place to place. Eventually they camped at Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink. 2. So once more the people complained against Moses. "Give us water to drink!" they demanded. "Quiet!" Moses replied. "Why are you complaining against me? And why are you testing the LORD?" 3. But tormented by thirst, they continued to argue with Moses. "Why did you bring us out of Egypt? Are you trying to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?" 4. When Moses cried out to the LORD, "What should I do with these people? They are ready to stone me!" 5. The LORD said to Moses, "Walk out in front of the people. Take your staff, the one you used when you struck the water of the Nile, and call some of the elders of Israel to join you. 6. I will stand before you on the rock at Mount Sinai. Strike the rock, and water will come gushing out. Then the people will be able to drink." So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on. 7. Moses named the place Massah (which means "test") and Meribah (which means "arguing") because the people of Israel argued with Moses and tested the LORD by saying, "Is the LORD here with us or not?" Exodus 17:1-7 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 
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1227. Sabbath Observed Today's Passage: Exodus 16:21-36 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 14th strategy. Instructions Given © RR&BC, LLC 2020
21. After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared. 22. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much as usual — four quarts for each person instead of two. Then all the leaders of the community came and asked Moses for an explanation. 23. He told them, "This is what the LORD commanded: Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the LORD. So bake or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for tomorrow." 24. So they put some aside until morning, just as Moses had commanded. and in the morning the leftover food was wholesome and good, without maggots or odor. 25. Moses said, "Eat this food today, for today is a Sabbath day dedicated to the LORD. There will be no food on the ground today. 26. You may gather the food for six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. There will be no food on the ground that day." 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn  1226. Manna and Quail from Heaven Today's Passage: Exodus 16:1-20 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks © RR&BC, LLC 2020
1. The the whole community of Israel ser out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin, between Elim and Mount Sinai. They arrived there on the fifteenth day of the second month, one month after leaving the land of Egypt. 2. There, too, the whole community of Israel compleined about Moses and Aaron. 3. "If only the LORD had killed us back in Egypt," they moaned. "There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death." 4. Then the LORD said to Moses. "Look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 5. On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will e twice as much as usual." 6. So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, "By evening you will realize it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 7. In the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints, which are against him not against us. What have we done that you should complain about us?" 8. Then Moses added, "the LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening and bread to satisfy you in the morning, for he has heard all your complaints against him. What have we done? Yes, your complaints are against he LORD, not against us." 9. The Moses said to Aaron, "Announce this to the entire community off Israel: 'Present yourselves before the LORD, for he has heard your complaining.'" 10. And as Aaron spoke to the whole community of Israel, they looked out toward the wilderness. There they could see the awesome glory of the LORD in the cloud. 11. Then the LORD said to Moses, 12. "I have heard the Israelites' complaints. Now tell them, 'I have heard the Israelites' complaints. Now tell them, 'In the evening you will have meat to eat, and in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.'" 13. That evening vast numbers of quail flew in and covered the camp. And the next morning the area around the camp was wet with dew. 14. When the dew evaporated, a flaky substance as fine as frost blanketed the ground. 15. The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. "What is it?" they asked each other. They had no idea what it was. And Moses told them, "It is the food the LORD has given you to eat. 16. These are the LORD'S instructions: Each household should gather as much as it needs. Pick up two quarts for each person in your tent." 17. So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little. 18. But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed. 19. Then Moses told them, "Do not keep any of it until morning." 20. But some of them didn't listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them. Exodus 16: 1-20 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1225. Isaac Covenant with Abimelech Today's Passage: Genesis 26:26-34 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks © RR&BC, LLC 2020
26. One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his advisor, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander. 27. "Why have you come here?" Isaac asked. "You obviously hate me, since you kicked me off your land." 28. They replied, "We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant. 29. Swear that you will not harm us, just as we have never troubled you. We have always treated you well, and we sent you way from us in peace. And now look how the LORD has blessed you!" 30. So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together. 31. Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to enterfere with each other. Then Isaac sent the home again, and they left him in peace. 32. That very day Isaac's servants came and told him about a new well they had dug. "We've found water!" they exclaimed. 33. So Isaac named the well Shibah (which means "oath"). And to this day the town that grew up there is called Beersheba (which means "well of the oath"). 34. At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. 35. But Esau's wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah. Genesis 27:26-34 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1224. Conflict Over Water Rights Today's Passage: Genesis 26:11-25 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 2nd strategy Meditation in WORSHIP © RR&BC, LLC 2020
11. Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: "Any who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!" 12. When Isaac planted his crops that year, he harvested a hundred times more grain than he planted, for the LORD blessed him. 13. He became a very rich man, and his wealth continued to grow. 14. He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him. 15. So the Philistines filled up all of isaac's wells with dirt. These were the wells that had been dug by the servants of his father, Abraham. 16. Finally, Abimelech ordered Isaac to leave the country. 'Go somewhere else," he said, "for you have become too powerful for us." 17. So Isaac moved away to the Gerar Valley, where he set up their tents and settled down. 18. He reopened the wells his father had dug, which the Philistines had filled in after Abraham's death. Isaac also restored the names Abraham had given them. 19. Isaac's servants also dug in the Gerar Valley and discovered a well of fresh water.. 20. But then the shepherds from Gerar came and claimed the spring. "This is our water," they said, and they argued over it with Isaac's herdsmen. So Isaac named the well Esek (which means "argument") 21. Isaac's men then dug another well but again there was a dispute over it. So Isaac named it Sitnah (which means hostility). 22. Abandoning that one, Isaac moved on and dug another well. This time there was no dispute over it, so Isaac named the place Rehoboth (which means "open space") for he said, "At last he LORD has created enough space for us to prosper in this land" 23. From there Isaac moved to Beersheba, 24. where the LORD appeared to him on the night of his arrival, "I am the God of your father, Abraham," he said. "Do not be afraid, for I am with you and will bless you. I will multiply your descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will do this because of my promise to Abraham, my servant." 25. Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well. Genesis 26: 11-25 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1223. Isaac Deceives Abimelech Today's Passage: Genesis 26:1-11 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 5th strategy. A simple strategy: Building Blocks © RR&BC, LLC 2020
1. A severe famine now struck the land, as had happened before in Abraham's time. So Isaac moved to Gerar, where Abimelech, king of the Philistines, lived. 2. The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you. 3. Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father. 4. I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed. 5. I will do this because Abraham listened to me and obeyed all my requirements, commands, decrees, and instructions." 6. So Isaac stayed in Gerar. 7. When the men who lived here asked Isaac about his wife, Rebekah, he said,"She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife." He thought, "They will kill me to get her, because she is so beautiful." 8. But some time later, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out his window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah. 9. Immediately, Abimelech called for Isaac and exclaimed, "She is obviously your wife! Why did you say 'She is my sister'?" "Because I was afraid someone would kill me to get her from me." Isaac replied. 10. "How could you do this to us?" Abimelech exclaimed. "One of my people might easily have taken your wife and slept with her, and you would have made us guilty of great sin." 11. Then Abimelech issued a public proclamation: "Anyone who touches this man or his wife will be put to death!" Genesis 26:1-11 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1222. Esau Sells His Birthright Today's Passage: Genesis 25:27-34 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 12th strategy. History - © RR&BC, LLC 2020
27. As the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter. He was an outdoorsman, but Jacob had a quiet temperament, preferring to stay at home. 28. Isaac loved Esau because he enjoyed eating the wild game Esau brought home, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 29. One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry. 30 Esau said to Jacob, "I'm starved! Give me some of that red stew! (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means "red.") 31. "All right," Jacob replied, "but trade me your rights as the firstborn son." 32. "Look I'm dying of starvation!" said Esau. "What good is my birthright to me now?" 33. But Jacob said, "First you must swear that your birthright is mine." So Esau swore an oath, thereby selling all his rights as the firstborn to his brother, Jacob. 34. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew. Esau ate the meal, then got up and left. He showed contempt for his rights as the firstborn. Genesis 25: 27-34 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1221. The Births of Esau & Jacob Today's Passage: Genesis 25: 19-26 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 1st strategy From the Ancients - Lectio Divina
19. This is the account of the family of Isaac, the son of Abraham. 20. When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Ramean. 21. Isaac pleaded with the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was unable to have children. The LORD answered Isaac's prayer, and Rebekah became pregnant with twins. 22. But the two children struggled with each other in her womb. So she went to ask the LORD about it. "Why is this happening to me?" she asked. 23. And the LORD told her, "The sons in your womb will become two nations. from the very beginning, the two nations will be rivals. One nation will be stronger than the other; and your older son will serve your younger son." 24. And when the time came to give birth, Rebekah discovered that she did indeed have twins! 25. The first one was very red at birth and covered with thick hair like a fur coat. So they named him Esau. 26. Then the other twin was born with his hand grasping Esau's heel. So they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born. Genesis 25:19-26 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1220. Ishmael's Descendants Today's Passage: Genesis 25:12-18 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omniscient God for insight. 3. 25th Strategy. Genealogies, Lists, and Such. © RR&BC, LLC 2020
12. This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant. 13. Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael's descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14. Mishma, Duah, Massa, 15. Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah 16. These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped. 17. Ishmael lived for 137 years. Then he breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death. 18. Ishmael's descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives. Genesis 25:12-18 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn 1218. A Wife for Isaac Today's Passage: Genesis 24:21-41 Get to know your bible. It will become a good friend. Or find the passage NASB version on Bible Gateway here. You can search for other versions there as well. Versions even in foreign languages. Or, for your convenience I have typed the verses below from the New Living Testament (NLT). 2. Invite God to join you in your reading and ask Him for wisdom. If there is anything in your spirit hindering you, confess it now. It is okay, He knows it anyway. Bring it to Him and ask Him for help, remember you are already forgiven, as Him to help you as you embrace that truth and live it out. a prayer: Thank You for meeting me, LORD. I welcome you into this place. Please prepare my heart Jehovah. Thank you, Omnipotent God for insight. 3. 7th strategy. Repetitive Reading © RR&BC, LLC 2020
Robyn's Bible Reading Strategies© 56. But he said, "Don't delay me. The LORD has made my mission successful; now send me back so I can return to my master." 57. "Well," they said, "We'll call Rebekah and ask her what she thinks" 58. So they called Rebekah. "Are you willing to go with this man?" they asked her. And she replied, "Yes, I will go." 59. So they said good-bye to Rebekah and sent her away with Abraham's servant and his men. The woman who had been Rebekah's childhood nurse went along with her. 60. They gave her this blessing as she parted: "Our sister, may you become the mother of many millions! May your descendants be strong and conquer the cities of their enemies." 61. Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham's servant took Rebekah and went on his way. 62. Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beerlahai-roi. 63. One evening as he was walking and meditating in the field, he looked up and saw the camels coming. 64. When Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she quickly dismounted from her camel. 65. "Who is that man walking through the fields to meet us?" she asked the servant. And he replied, "It is my master." So Rebekah covered her face with her veil. 66. then the servant told Isaac everything he had done. 67. And Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent, and she became his wife. He loved her deeply, and she was a special comfort to him after the death of his mother. Genesis 24: 56-67 NLT 4. Thank God Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for meeting you today. We, Robyn and Biff Thank you for coming today. Please leave your first name and last initial. Any comments even a period says you were here. Any response is a blessing to this community. And remember, You are prayed for every day at 8:00 amEST And I will be back here tomorrow, typing, reading, preparing, or commenting. I hope I will see you here too. ~Robyn |
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